Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social Host of NPR's Bullseye, Judge John Hodgman and Jordan Jesse Go. Founder and worker-owner of Maximum Fun. Four-time professional actor.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social Dad, husband, U.S. Senator from Georgia.
David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social Music critic. Husband. Dog Lover. Author of “The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard.” Cofounder No Fences Review. Midwesterner
Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social Religious Studies PhD candidate: paranormal, secularism, magic, spiritualism, ethnography. Lit MA. Publishing production day job. Witch author, Gard priestess, guitarist, fountain pen person, Swiftie, probably a werewolf.
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
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Dominic Umile @dominicumile.com Writer (Not recently: LA Times, Hyperallergic, Chicago Reader, The Comics Journal). Editor. I hate board games. Brooklyn, NY.
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Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
Rock's Backpages @rocksbackpages.bsky.social www.rocksbackpages.com
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Jacob Bannon @jacobbannon.bsky.social Official account of artist & musician Jacob Bannon.
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Convergecult.com
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mctsonic @mctsonic.bsky.social “M-cee-tee sonique, you're wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way." Loud music & drums takes/sci-fi/InfoSec & Sysadmin takes. Feminist, Pro-LGBTQ+ rights, Anti-fascist. Pro-science.
Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out now from Repeater Books / shipley.al@gmail.com / https://repeaterbooks.com/product/tough-breaks-the-story-of-baltimore-club-music/ /
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Edwina Hay Photography @thisisnotaphotograph.com NYC based photographer available for hire.
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writingonmusic @writingonmusic.bsky.social Fiona McQuarrie, music writer. Record Collector, Shindig!, PopMatters, Spectrum Culture, Please Kill Me (RIP). Books: Fountains Of Wayne, Mixtape, and Song Book. https://linktr.ee/writingonmusic
Steve Hunt @mrstevehunt.bsky.social Host of the Boxing Movie Podcast the Desert Island Fights podcast.
Author of Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s.
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Odie Henderson @ TIFF @odienator.bsky.social Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.
New York Magazine @nymag.com This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist.
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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social 🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR
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anthony russell @mordkhetzvi.bsky.social UofT Mitchell J. Gerstein Distinguished Visiting Artist in Residence in Jewish Life & Social Justice, 2025-26 | Mandel Institute Cultural Leadership Fellow, 2023-25 | professional afrojudeopessoptimist
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Vanessa Franko @vanessafranko.bsky.social Now: Doing audience things at the L.A. Times
Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9)
❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore
BU alum. She/her
Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
Converge @convergecult.bsky.social 'Love Is Not Enough' & ‘Hum of Hurt’ out now
SD 2026 / 12/12-13 / Boston
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Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND and HEMLOCK, out now from Little, Brown | asst. prof at UNC | she/they
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Leila Taylor @leilataylor.bsky.social creative director, library booster, writer, purveyor of gloomth, future crone.
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Alternative Tentacles Records @alternativetent.bsky.social Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. Yes this is us. 
The Booked On Rock Podcast @bookedonrock.bsky.social Stories behind the greatest artists, albums, and songs in classic rock from authors who wrote about them and those who were there when it happened!
Pat Padua @anamelessyeast.bsky.social A freelance writer and dog lover with too many records
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WGKIV @wgkiv.bsky.social Badder than Old King Cole
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Jack Hamilton @jackhamilton.bsky.social Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia and pop critic for Slate magazine. Author of JUST AROUND MIDNIGHT: ROCK AND ROLL AND THE RACIAL IMAGINATION 
Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social Your critic and co-listener // ex-Washington Post // reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.com // contact me: christopherpaulrichards at proton dot me
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: hannah.natanson2@washpost.com and Signal
@HannahNatanson.2026.
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
Jen Benka @jenbenka.bsky.social 
Will Hodge (Unplugged Revisited) @willhodge.bsky.social Host: UNPLUGGED REVISITED (MTV Unplugged podcast) | Writer * Bylines: Rolling Stone, No Depression, Grammys, etc. | PhD: Georgia State University (Diss: The Black Press) | R.E.M. Lifer | will.c.hodge@gmail.com
CHI via ATL
Podcast: https://shorturl.at/XVdoR
Dave Holmes @daveholmes.bsky.social Editor-at-Large, Esquire. Here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am. 
IASPM-US @iaspm-us.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the US branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music
James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social author // "This Music Leaves Stains" // "Brave Punk World" // "A Convenient Parallel Dimension" // "Magnum Opus: The Unbelievable 15 Year Saga of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy"
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Strand Bookstore @strandbooks.com Legendary home of 18 miles of new, used & rare books since 1927. Located at Union Square and UWS.📚 Shop online at http://strandbooks.com
Nathan Rabin @nathanrabin.bsky.social Longtime pop culture writer. Author of 9 books, most recently The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Scott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com Founder/Editor-in-Chief, @stereogum.com
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Literary Arts Fund @literaryartsfund.bsky.social Advancing support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Society of Illustrators @soi128.bsky.social Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in The USA.
Learn more! ⤵️
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Faith Pennick @faithp.bsky.social Writer of things, incl. "D'Angelo's 'Voodoo'" from 33 1/3 Books/Bloomsbury. Maker of films. Lover of life. Chicago native w/NYC in my blood! 🥰📖🎬📝☮️♎️ #ProChoice www.faithpennick.journoportfolio.com (writing portfolio) www.orgchaos.com (the rest). F**K ICE.- P Jacob Slichter @portablephilosophy.bsky.social Musician, writer, teacher he/him
Charles M. Schulz Museum | The home of Snoopy & the Peanuts Gang @schulzmuseum.bsky.social Celebrating cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of Snoopy & the Peanuts gang!
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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social The 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, in order, little by little, over and over.
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Elvira @therealelvira.bsky.social Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (aka Cassandra Peterson)
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Dan Rafael @danrafael1.bsky.social The Boxing Guy, per Conor McGregor, and 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for career excellence in boxing journalism. Subscribe to my boxing newsletter: http://danrafael.substack.com 
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social The official podcast account. Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
https://500songs.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey
Merch: https://500-songs.teemill.com
Nardwuar the Human Serviette @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social Thee Official Nardwuar BlueSky !
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Rena MJ 🕸️🕯️ @renamj.bsky.social Mostly film and music and animals
https://letterboxd.com/planet_queen
Dom Tyer @atangleofwires.bsky.social Punk rock, alt rock and indie music. Occasional writer.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires
Rev. Nathanael Hood @nathanaelhood.bsky.social Presbyterian Pastor & Prairie Preacher
Junction City, Kansas
Trans rights are human rights and non-negotiable
I used to review movies in the Before Times, in the Long Long Ago
https://letterboxd.com/madadayo/
Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social The world's leading music discovery and record collecting platform empowered by a community of obsessed music fans: https://disc.gs/Bluesky
NJIT @njit.bsky.social Bluesky of New Jersey Institute of Technology #NJITMakes
Lindsay Goldwert @lindsaygoldwert.bsky.social Author, sex writer, editorial director, general enthusiast. My new book THE MIDLIFE PLOT TWIST coming Fall 2026 http://www.lindsaygoldwert.com
HeadCount @headcountorg.bsky.social Find us at concerts, music festivals & online. 100% nonpartisan election info to help you vote 🗳️
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social I read and write and listen to music. A lot. Mostly in Brooklyn. Largehearted Boy is my website.
Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Alex Skolnick @alexskolnick.bsky.social Guitarist, Writer, Photographer, Authenticity Appreciator.
Testament/AST/PAKT/StuHamm/MA & more
PODCAST: “MOODS & MODES” avail on Apple/Spotify/Google
Jon Pareles @jonpareles.bsky.social always listening
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
jason pettigrew @jsinptgrw.bsky.social Listening and writing. Formerly altpress, occasionally SPIN and author of the Bloomsbury 33.3 series book on Ministry (spring 2025). Need words?
Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social Screwing heads on straight since 1969. Threads: @wamonthly. Twitter: @Monthly. Newsletter signup @ washingtonmonthly.com
The Best Album of 2001 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social What’s the Best Album of 2001? Let’s find out! A new match every M-F 9am Central. What just lost? Look at the pics above!
Bracket: https://challonge.com/bestalbumof2001
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Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social Host of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S, old guy at THE RINGER, tentative embracer of new social-media platforms
Kanopy @kanopy.com Incredible and essential films made accessible through your library. #streamsmarter
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Former Congresswoman, CIA Officer, and Federal Agent. Mom.
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
vanhollen.senate.gov
Tom Morello @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social hoo.be/tommorello
Michael Tedder @mtedder.bsky.social (He/Him) Words for Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Ringer, bunch of other places.
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/ 
Corey Glover @coreyglover.bsky.social Living Colour / Soul Experience / VICE / Disciples of Verity
Facebook.com/coreyglovermusic
Tour dates: Bandsintown.com/coreyglover
IG: instagram.com/coreyglover
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.com
Car Con Carne podcast @carconcarne.com Car Con Carne is an award-winning, Chicago-based, podcast hosted by media personality James VanOsdol (ex-Q101, WXRT, WGN, WLUP).
http://www.carconcarne.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/CarConCarnePodcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2rAt7pHXpcDAxeiU9pogJC?s
Decibel Magazine @decibelmagazine.bsky.social Heavy metal magazine, other stuff.
linktr.ee/decibelmagazine
cowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social stupid name mostly vegan. scottish. will (re)post lou reed, dogs on album covers, and jazz bagpipe.
http://letterboxd.com/cowsarejustfood
http://cowsarejustfood.bandcamp.com
Rob Tannenbaum @robt.bsky.social Writer, but who isn’t? Currently producing a four-CD box set of CBGB bands 1974-1984, and working on a documentary about a band you’ve never heard of.